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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES F. BROADBENT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SOAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,980, dated February 5, 188% Application filed December 11, 1883. (No specimens.)

To all whom it 72mg concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BROAD- BENT, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improve- 5 ments in Soap, of which the following is a specification. A

In carrying out my invention I take of ordinary soap ten (10) pounds and dissolve it in five (5) gallons of water, to which has been 10 previously added two and one-half (2%) pounds of hyposulphite of soda and three (3) ounces of borax. To this mixture is then added two and one-half (21) ounces of spirits of ammonia, and, if necessary, two (2) ounces of com- 15 monszigt The mixture is then boiled, and

while ot poured into molds, in which it is' allowed to cool. This soap is found to possess superior detergent qualities, is cheaper than ordinary soap, and will not injure the hands.

I do not limit myself to the exact propor- 2o tions of the various ingredients herein specified or to the employment of common salt; but

I claim as my invention- An improved soap, which consists of ordi- 25 nar soap,water, hyposulphite of soda, Qmx; and spirits oi amm a, a 1 combined substantially CHARLES F. BROADBENT. Vitnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, CHAS. B. CASSADY. 

